The Penn's Grove record., 1887-12-24
NEWS OF TIL WEEK.


The electric light station at West
chester, Chester County, Penna, was
demolished on the afternoon of the
10th by the explosion of a boiler. Five
persons were killed, among them T.
Walter Embree, superintendent OF
the works, and a girl who was struck
by a flying plank while passing by. d.
Y. Taylor, Court Clerk. who was seen
in the building shortly before the
explosion, is missing. Five men were
injured, two, named William Allison
and Edward Schofeld, perhaps fatally.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
The loss OH property is estimated at
$4,000.
James Hickey, a blind beggar, and
his wife Elizabeth, were both found
dead on the 18th in their room in
Cherry street, New York. The
woman's death is attributed to aIco-
holism. Her husband had evidently
dropped dead while dressing. There
were no indications of suicide. George
Baneril, aged 81, and his wife, aged
IS, were burned to death early on the
morning Of the 18th. Their house In
Hamburg, Erie county, Penna., was
burned anu they we're too nfjrm to
make their escape. Charles Lehr, an
old man who lived alone in a log hut
IN Snyder county, Penua., was found
burned to death in the ruins of the hut
on the morning OF the 10th. 1t is sup-
posed the building was ignlted from
the stove. d. j. Rosser, a prosperous
merchant of Cleveland, mississippi.
rs years old, was boarding a train at
Leland Oh the 18th, when his pistol
fell out of his pocket and wa dis
charged. The bullet struck Ro. Q in
The breast and caused his death in a
short time.
"A collision occurred on the evening
of the 10th between the Old Dominion
steamship Breakwater and the Erie
Railway ferry boat Pavonia, on the
Hudson River, at New York, The
ferry boat was badly damaged. Frank
Moriarty, ex"Assemblyman David
Henry and Richard Coughlin, passen-
gers on the ferry boat, were badly
crushed and bruised and had arms or
legs broken. 1t is feared their injuries
are fatal. There were several minor
casualties.
"A piece of iron fell into a kettle of
molten metal. at Simpsons galvan-
izing works, in Cincinnati, on the 18th.
The hot metal was thrown over James
Cain and Joseph Gross, and they were
fearfully burned.
William W. Jordan, u "faith doc
tor" doubtless insane, has beer prac-
ticing in Selma, Alabama, for about a
year. He arranged for fpassoso
FEAST" at the house of two negrs,
women in the outskirts of the city Ger
the morning of the 18th, and told the
that "a sacrifice was necessaryer.
Frances Driver said she was willing PSI
offer herself as a sacrifice, and laid b
head on the table. Jordan t~hereupOI-
took a sword and struck her several
blows On the neck and stabbed her a
number of times, killing her instantly.
The body was then dragged out into
the street by the two other women. a.
white woman witnessed the affair anc,
gave the alarm. After a struggle Jor-
dan was Oyerpowered and lodged In
jail. The two women present at the
feast were also arrested.
The floor Of the third story OF G.
W. Pierce a. Co.'S. wholesale warehouse
in Lafayette, Indiana, gave way under
a heavy weight or goods on the morning
of the 18th, and went crashing down,
carrying with 1t part Of the second and
first floors, into the cellar. Samuel
Thompson and Harry Leach, employees,
were carried down with the floor. The
former was killed and the latter was
severely injured. The loss is placed at
about $4,000.
The feud between the Adams and
Caswell factions in Rock Castle county,
Kentucky, has broken out afresh. On
the night Of the 18th inst, after church
services, Frank Adams was killed by
one Of the Caswells. Since then Frank
Haslon, James Lunsford, James Town
send, Thomas Jackson and two others,
names unknown, have been killed,
while many others have been wounded
and several houses have been burned.
Two freight trains collided neal
Thompson's Falls, Montana, on the
18th. owing to a disobeuience of orders
by a conductor. Both engines and
twelve freight cars were wrecked and
an engineer and two firemen were
killed.
by the premature explosion OF a
blast in Missouri Pacific Coal Mine
No. 8, in Fleming, Kansas, on the
18th. John Edwards, William Reed
and William Hunter were killed. The
force of 81 men had left the mine only
a few minutes before the explosion oc-
Cured.
1t is reported that a train on the
Northern Division of the ~Intercolonial
Railroad went through near Caraquette,
New Brunswick, on the evening of the
18th, and that eight men were killed.
AT Lebanon, Penna., on the morn
ing of the 18th, the Jury in the case Of
William Showers, charged with the
murder Of his two grandchildren,
brought in a verdict of murder in the
first degree. They were out ten hours.
Showers will appeal to the Supreme
Court. at the village of Toohigh,
Texas, on the 10th, j. E. Long shot
and killed a grocer named Balm.
Rivalry in business was the aus
Newton Bradley, a slough" was
killed by the Marshal Of Boston, Colo
rado, on the 18th inst. James Archer
shot and killed Miss Standield, at her
home, in Martin county, INDIANA. on
the 18th. He had betraye her ana
she insisted that he right tn ',,reYg by
marriage. Policeman Joh& co ace,
of Allegheny, Penna., Wi teaSer oS}lS,
stabbed by a pickpocket whofes the W,
chasing on the evening of til. eos and
Inc fellow escaped. 9th and \
William Kirk k,,,ad bis ID St., Phi
in-law Robert Kirk, in Specks
Missouri, on the evening Of
During a dog fight Robert MOk
wrong dog. whereupon Willis
| him with a dirk knife. ] VIII sell tol